Matching the color/tone of woodwork throughout the house (and wall colors etc.)?

[crunchy_mommy]

We have a pretty small house & recently redid the kitchen (cherry cabinets) and the dining room (cherry-stained bamboo floors & white trim, gold maple table)... the living room has goldish oak floors that we plan to redo eventually, and cherryish stained trim. Those 3 rooms all open into each other... we are going to paint them in coordinating colors as well. So basically most of the wood is a reddish tone with a little gold that will be replaced eventually.

Then on the same floor is the bathroom & our bedroom. I really want to stain the (already-existing) wood in both rooms to be a walnut finish... and depart a bit from the color schemes in the rest of the house. Will this look absolutely ridiculous? Is the woodwork and color/tones supposed to match/flow throughout the house? I don't want to do the reddish/cherry tones in either room so I guess the alternative is to paint it all white -- which I'm not entirely against but we really prefer "wood" not paint.

Upstairs (which is only partially finished) will have all white trim -- simply because it's the cheapest.

I feel like it's OK to mix up the tones within a room but I'm not sure about having half the house in one tone and the other half totally different, you know? But the bedroom/bathroom are closed off to the rest of the main floor -- although of course guests use the bathroom!

[PuppyFluffer]

I think it will look fine to mix them.

[ebethmom]

For a small house, I would probably go with uniform color throughout (at least for each level).  I've seen this scheme in friends' homes, and the uniformity seems to expand the space.

My house has never been that way, though!  When I have space of my own, I'm going for a more uniform look.

But that's just me.

[crazyms]

I would go with a more uniform look but that's a personal preference. I can't stand the mixed woods in all different colors unless maybe it's two that are coordinating. If it's for a different room like the bedroom though it may not matter as much since it is different. If you're worried about the bathroom maybe it could be done in white to still go with the bedroom or the rest of the house.

[homemademom]

Since the bathroom and bedroom aren't open to the rest of the house, I would just do what you want in there. 

[ChristyMarie]

What will you do with the doors?  White or wood?

I have this thing where I like the trim and doors to match.

In a smaller home I would do a continuous trim color throughout.  I think flooring is different and you can play with that a bit as long as it all coordinates.  But, as a PP mentioned, keeping it all the same does make the space feel bigger and more cohesive I think.

[crunchy_mommy]

The doors are white (again, cheapest option available) but I'm just not a huge fan of white trim. And in the bathroom there is a half-wall of wood... I don't know what it's called but anyway, half the bathroom will be whatever color we decide on, and I'm not so crazy about having that much white in the bathroom. I wish I could start over from scratch LOL and plan the whole house to coordinate better.